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In early December, 80s rockers Guns N’ Roses announced they would be heading on tour next year with only two stops in the UK.

Two years ago, Guns N’ Roses headlined Glastonbury Festival before playing Hyde Park’s BST days later.

This tour marks the first time since 2022 that the group is playing a non-festival gig in England — their We’re F’N’ Back! Tour saw two nights in Tottenham.

Guns N’ Roses’ trend of only playing a handful of UK gigs continues as, despite the 24 dates on their European leg next year, only Birmingham and London have gigs.

Almost every section still has seats available, including both stadiums’ premium Gold Circle VIP areas and hospitality options for Birmingham.

Tickets went on sale on December 13, however, two weeks later there are still hundreds of seats left in both Wembley and Villa Park.

The Sweet Child o’ Mine singers have faced personal issues of late, with Axl Rose accused of assaulting model Sheila Kennedy in 1989, which he denied and the case was settled out of court.

Meanwhile, Slash announced the sudden death of his stepdaughter, saying his ‘heart is permanently fractured.’

Both original bandmates are set to perform, along with fellow founding member Duff McKagan on bass.

The 2025 tour will kick off in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 23, 2025, before travelling through Turkey, Spain, Italy and Germany.

It then lands in the UK on Monday, June 23 for a gig at Birmingham’s Villa Park stadium; which has a capacity of 42,000.

On Thursday, June 26, the band will head to Wembley Stadium in London (capacity 90,000) for one night only.

Some fans on X said they were put off purchasing by the cost of tickets, with so many stadium gigs recently music lovers have less money to spend.

Prices for tickets begin at around £80 while VIP packages can stretch all the way to an eye-watering £935, which doesn’t include a meet and greet.

The top package means you can chat to a crew member about the show’s construction as well as taking a picture on stage before the gig with the band’s instruments.

‘Hopefully, this is a shot in the arm towards ticket greed,’ wrote Tom on X.’Priced more sensibly I’ve no doubt this would have already sold out.’

Charlotte disagreed and replied: ‘Missed out on Jamiroquai because it was 140£ a ticket. But these GNR tickets are quite reasonable by the looks.’

Tom replied: ‘Accepting £112 for standing as reasonable is the problem though I’m afraid. We’ve become conditioned to these levels.’

‘At the moment guns n roses Istanbul concert’s cheapest ticket is 178$.. trying to survive in this economy,’ added Zyva about international prices.

With months to go before the gigs, this could be a sign that panic-buying tickets is falling out of fashion and fans are taking their time to consider which gigs to go to.

Fans have been railing against the increasing ticket prices, with the likes of Oasis, Sabrina Carpenter, and Billie Eilish coming under fire for extortionate pricing.

After so many concerts being announced and with Guns N’ Roses going on sale so close to Christmas, it’s possible fans simply can’t afford the gigs right now.

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